Just exactly what is it that we are going to see?

[Baron von Lotsov]

There is a limit on how far back in time you can see with a telescope due to one of the early stages of the universe being an opaque cloud.



At the very least we'll get some spectacular pictures.

My view is the theories of cosmology are some of the shakiest around. They have this 97% "dark matter" to explain for one thing. This is why it is so exciting. At 200 times the view we might see something we have not seen before and that could change all of these theories.



One theory is that the universe is the way it is because when it was the size of an atom it was subject to quantum effects and these are why we see an uneven pattern of microwave background radiation. Still though, it's just an educated guess. Only what you see gets ticked off as science.

[Ciaphas]

China is launching its own Hubble space telescope. However this one will be able to see at 200 times the resolution of the existing one. This means we actually get to see an earlier time in the universe than what we can see at the moment. We will be able to see closer to the time of the creation of the universe because it is so far away that it has taken almost since the beginning of time to reach us.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5mIqbLdFEU">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5mIqbLdFEU



Going on the general ways things go, we will most likely find out it is not what the theories (guesses sometimes) think it will be.

There is a limit on how far back in time you can see with a telescope due to one of the early stages of the universe being an opaque cloud.



At the very least we'll get some spectacular pictures.

[papasmurf]

[johnofgwent]

I recall my experiences with the transmission electron microscope back in the late 70s.



As you turned up the beam intensity it tore the molecules you sought to see up into submolecular chunks below the equipment resolution.



If you were lucky, just before they disintegrated, the molecules rearranged themselves to show an animated image of a robed white bearded old man furiously winching goalposts onto the back of a Toyota 4x4, jumping into the cab and driving off like a madman away from the incoming beam ...

[Baron von Lotsov]

This is the furthest and earliest so far



https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8kPgDeXKYPezL9qhAULRUg-650-80.jpg">

[Baron von Lotsov]

China is launching its own Hubble space telescope. However this one will be able to see at 200 times the resolution of the existing one. This means we actually get to see an earlier time in the universe than what we can see at the moment. We will be able to see closer to the time of the creation of the universe because it is so far away that it has taken almost since the beginning of time to reach us.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5mIqbLdFEU">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5mIqbLdFEU



Going on the general ways things go, we will most likely find out it is not what the theories (guesses sometimes) think it will be.